Type: Monument - Bridge
Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District: Peshawar
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: A Mughal period bridge, measuring 75 m long and 5.80 m wide, built of Waziri bricks laid in lime mortar. The bridge has five cylindrical pillars of 8 m height and surmounted with melon type domes, plastered with lime mortar. Below the bridge, 12 arched ways, allowing the River Bara water current, constructed in Shah Jahan period, of burnt bricks by using corbelling technique, in a good state of preservation.
Latitude: 33.995860222
Longitude: 71.626229306
Ownership: Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Preliminary Report on Survey of Heritage Sites and Monuments along the Grand Trunk Road from Peshawar to Lahore
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 2020
Bibliography/Reference: Azeem, Abdul
